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Monday, February 19, 1979 · The Forum

Islanders 8 at Kings 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 65OVR Wayne Merrick Islanders First Star 2G · 1A · 6 SOG L 97OVR Clark Gillies Islanders Second Star 2G · 4 SOG R 98OVR Mike Bossy Islanders Third Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:39 Clark Gillies (25) Gerry Hart (9), Bryan Trottier (52) NYI 1 – 0 LAK
  2. 9:49 Wayne Merrick (14) Bobby Nystrom (12), Dave Lewis (14) NYI 2 – 0 LAK
  3. 10:57 Billy Harris (10) Bob Bourne (22), John Tonelli (24) NYI 3 – 0 LAK
  4. 14:38 Dave Taylor (33) Charlie Simmer (9) NYI 3 – 1 LAK

2nd Period

  1. 1:33 Mike Bossy (47) Gerry Hart (10) NYI 4 – 1 LAK
  2. 14:55 Bobby Nystrom (12) Stefan Persson (41), Wayne Merrick (14) NYI 5 – 1 LAK
  3. 18:28 Charlie Simmer (6) PPG Dave Taylor (35), Butch Goring (37) NYI 5 – 2 LAK

3rd Period

  1. 1:43 Wayne Merrick (15) Unassisted NYI 6 – 2 LAK
  2. 3:18 Bob Bourne (20) Billy Harris (29) NYI 7 – 2 LAK
  3. 15:35 Clark Gillies (26) Mike Bossy (38), Bryan Trottier (53) NYI 8 – 2 LAK
  4. 18:43 Rick Hampton (3) Mark Heaslip (8), Vic Venasky (9) NYI 8 – 3 LAK

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Wayne Merrick C 2 1 6 0 0 +2 0:00 2.88
Clark Gillies L 2 0 4 0 0 +3 0:00 2.25
Mike Bossy R 1 1 5 0 0 +3 0:00 2.20
Bob Bourne C 1 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.98
Billy Harris R 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.90
Bobby Nystrom R 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Gerry Hart D 0 2 0 0 0 +4 0:00 1.70
Bryan Trottier C 0 2 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.63
John Tonelli L 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Stefan Persson D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Dave Lewis D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Denis Potvin D 0 0 1 0 0 +3 0:00 0.52
Garry Howatt L 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.45
Bob Lorimer D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Lorne Henning C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Mike Kaszycki C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Ed Westfall R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 16 13 3 .812 60:00 -0.95

Los Angeles Kings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dave Taylor R 1 1 6 0 0 -2 0:00 1.53
Rick Hampton D 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Charlie Simmer L 1 1 1 0 0 -3 0:00 1.00
Vic Venasky C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Mark Heaslip R 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Butch Goring C 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0:00 0.33
Doug Halward D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Randy Holt D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Mike Murphy R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Tom Williams L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Bert Wilson L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Syl Apps C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Steve Jensen L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Richard Mulhern D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Marcel Dionne C 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Randy Manery D 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0:00 -0.90
Rob Palmer D 0 0 0 0 0 -7 0:00 -1.05
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ron Grahame L 31 23 8 .742 60:00 -3.70